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Free osteochondral fragment caught in the acetabular fossa in the osteochondritis dissecans after Legg-Calve-Perthes Diseases - Report of 2 cases. Full Text Rowe et al Acta Orthop Scand 2003 74 (1) 107

AJR 2002; 178:973-977 (full text) Femoral Head Osteochondral Lesions in Painful Hips of Athletes: MR Imaging Findings Carolyn J. Weaver1, Nancy M. Major, William E. Garrett and James E. Urbaniak
OBJECTIVE. This study describes the MR imaging findings of focal osteochondral lesions found in the hips of 11 athletes with persistent...

Articles relating to Wood et al (Osteochondritis dissecans of the femoral head in children and adolescents) in the Medline database. These include many articles without abstracts and some on veterinary patients.

Osteochondritis Dissecans and Coxa Plana: Review of the Literature with a personal case report
JBJS B 48; #1 p64 (1966) (Full text)

J Ped Orth Abstract:
Osteochondritis dissecans of the femoral capital epiphysis is uncommon and is usually reported as a case report or in association with other diseases. This study reports 17 cases with the primary underlying diagnosis of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease in seven, idiopathic in six, avascular necrosis following trauma in three,...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1940;22:327-348
Osteochondritis dissecans is as distinct an entity in the hip as it is in the knee or in the elbow. Diagnosis can be made only by the roentgenographic appearance, which is characteristic. Dislocation of the femoral head from the acetabulum is necessary for proper...

Osteochondritis dissecans of the hip Full text article by GUILLEMINET M, BARBIER JM. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1957 May;39-B(2):268-77